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African American Women Writers in New Jersey, 1836-2000: A Biographical Dictionary and Bibliographic Guide
Contributor(s): Moses, Sibyl E. (Author)
ISBN: 0813540194     ISBN-13: 9780813540191
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
OUR PRICE:   $38.90  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: October 2006
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - African American
- Literary Criticism | Women Authors
- Literary Criticism | Reference
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.1" W x 9.34" (0.99 lbs) 227 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Northeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - New Jersey
 
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Publisher Description:

Selected as a "New Jersey Notable Book for 1995-2005" by the New Jersey Center for the Book
Awarded the 2004 Certificate of Commendation by the American Association for State and Local History​

African American Women Writers in New Jersey, 1836-2000 is the first and only reference book to identify and document the lives, intellectual contributions, and publications of over one hundred African American women writers in the Garden State from 1836 through 2000. Many, such as Jessie Redmon Fauset, Alice Perry Johnson, Sharon Bell Mathis, Ntozake Shange, Claudia C. Tate, Ruby Ora Williams, and Marion Thompson Wright, were born in the state. Others, like Amina Baraka, E. Alma Flagg, Helen Jackson Lee, Gertrude Williams Pitts, and Dorothy Porter Wesley, although not born there, were residents of New Jersey for more than fifteen years, and made significant contributions during that time.

This volume contains biographical and bibliographical information for each author. There are photographs of the writers as well as citations for their published pamphlets, books, reports, and articles. Sibyl E. Moses has enhanced the text with characteristic excerpts from the poetry and prose of selected writers. The two appendixes highlight the distribution of African American women writers in New Jersey both by city or town, and by genre.